Panda costumes help researchers reintroduce pandas to the wild

Wildlife researchers in China's Sichuan province have been putting on panda costumes to prevent captive-born pandas from identifying with humans when trying to reintroduce captive-bred Giant Pandas back into the wild. See a story here.

Feeders dressed as giant pandas give a physical examination to a giant panda at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda on February 3, 2011 in Wolong Nature Reserve, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, China.

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Feeders dressed as giant pandas give a physical examination to a giant panda at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda on Feb. 3, 2011 in Wolong Nature Reserve.

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Feeders dressed as giant pandas prepare to give a physical examination for a giant panda.